Scanlab RTC6 PCIe Board - List_Continue

RTC6 boards
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10 RTC6 Commands
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Normal List
Command
list_continue
Function Inserts a null operation (no operation) into the RTC6 List Memory.
Call list_continue()
Comments • Execution of list_continue (as does list_nop) requires 10 µs.
• When list_continue immediately follows a short list command, it ensures (as does
list_nop) that the subsequent list command only executes in the next 10 µs clock cycle
(the short list command’s “effective“ execution time is then 10 µs). Unlike list_nop,
however, list_continue neither modifies Laser Control Signals nor pauses for
Scanner Delays. In contrast to list_nop, therefore, list_continue allows postponing
short list commands to the next 10 µs clock cycle without interrupting Polylines by
switching off the laser.
• With exceedance of the maximum allowed number of directly consecutive short
list commands, an empty cycle (which exactly corresponds list_continue) is
automatically inserted.
• You can also use list_continue to separate from each other several outputs to the same
output port. Without list_continue, for example, multiple directly consecutive
write_da_x_list calls (short list commands) would occur in a single 10 µs clock cycle,
whereby some values to the analog output port would never get outputted.
• The RTC6 never uses list_continue as a placeholder for other (rejected) list commands,
but instead always uses list_nop.
RTC4RTC6 New command.
RTC5RTC6 Unchanged functionality.
Version info Available as of DLL 600, OUT 600, RBF 600.
References list_nop